STRONGS G3178:
μέθη,
μέθης,
ἡ (akin to
μέθυ, wine; perhaps any intoxicating drink, Latin
temetum; cf. German
Meth (mead)),
intoxication; drunkenness:
Luke 21:34; plural,
Romans 13:13;
Galatians 5:21. (Hebrew
שֵׁכָר, intoxicating drink,
Proverbs 20:1;
Isaiah 28:7; and
שִׁכָּרון, intoxication,
Ezekiel 23:32;
Ezekiel 39:19; (
Antiphon),
Xenophon,
Plato, others) (Cf.
Trench, § lxi.)
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